Citation

Morgenstern K, Talucci R, Kaufman MS, Samuels LE. Chest 1998; 114(2): 624-626.

Affiliation

Department of General Surgery, Allegheny University Hospitals, Hahnemann Division, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9726756

Abstract

Air bags have been shown to decrease mortality from automobile accidents. Herein is a unique case of bilateral pneumothorax following deployment and rupture of an air bag with no other associated chest trauma. One may posit that rupture of the air bag allowed high-pressure gases to be expelled into the patient's lungs resulting in explosive barotrauma.

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